Mike Wayne
@mikewayne.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Media and Creative Industries, Erasmus University Rotterdam https://eur.academia.edu/MichaelWayne
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The history of media mega-mergers is all lies, broken promises and strategic blunders. Merger madness only leads to disaster.
Netflix may have won the bidding war. But the losers in these deals are always creators, writers, workers and the rest of us sitting in the audience.
New Pressing Issues!
Netflix may have won the bidding war. But the losers in these deals are always creators, writers, workers and the rest of us sitting in the audience.
New Pressing Issues!
Stop the Merger Madness
Rule No. 1 when big deals get announced: Don’t believe the hype
pressingissues.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The history of media mega-mergers is all lies, broken promises and strategic blunders. Merger madness only leads to disaster.
Netflix may have won the bidding war. But the losers in these deals are always creators, writers, workers and the rest of us sitting in the audience.
New Pressing Issues!
Netflix may have won the bidding war. But the losers in these deals are always creators, writers, workers and the rest of us sitting in the audience.
New Pressing Issues!
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All media mergers end up hurting writers, actors, directors, and everyone else who works in the industry. Executives, assistants, caterers, teamsters, everyone. Fewer companies means fewer jobs, period.
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
All media mergers end up hurting writers, actors, directors, and everyone else who works in the industry. Executives, assistants, caterers, teamsters, everyone. Fewer companies means fewer jobs, period.
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Honestly, the fate of Casey Bloys is the part of this equation that interests me most. I'm not just saying that because at least 5375 of my followers are Casey Bloys sock puppet accounts waiting to insult me for hating "Task." Netflix has largely forgotten how to develop GOOD TV. Casey has not.
If You Can’t Become HBO, Buy ‘Em?
The future of HBO and HBO Max under Netflix is a bit unclear — even after Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters fielded numerous questions about it.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Honestly, the fate of Casey Bloys is the part of this equation that interests me most. I'm not just saying that because at least 5375 of my followers are Casey Bloys sock puppet accounts waiting to insult me for hating "Task." Netflix has largely forgotten how to develop GOOD TV. Casey has not.
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Congratulations, David Zaslav, on being the most destructive force in US entertainment in the entire history of show business
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Congratulations, David Zaslav, on being the most destructive force in US entertainment in the entire history of show business
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Mine and Elliot Montpellier's special issue on Big Data Audiences is out in Convergence
There are great articles by David Hesmondhalgh, Ramon Lobato, Lee McGuigan, Rebecca Saunders, Anna Liu et al., Johan Søltoft et al., and more
journals.sagepub.com/toc/CON/curr...
There are great articles by David Hesmondhalgh, Ramon Lobato, Lee McGuigan, Rebecca Saunders, Anna Liu et al., Johan Søltoft et al., and more
journals.sagepub.com/toc/CON/curr...
Convergence - Volume 31, Number 6
Table of contents for Convergence, 31, 6
journals.sagepub.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Mine and Elliot Montpellier's special issue on Big Data Audiences is out in Convergence
There are great articles by David Hesmondhalgh, Ramon Lobato, Lee McGuigan, Rebecca Saunders, Anna Liu et al., Johan Søltoft et al., and more
journals.sagepub.com/toc/CON/curr...
There are great articles by David Hesmondhalgh, Ramon Lobato, Lee McGuigan, Rebecca Saunders, Anna Liu et al., Johan Søltoft et al., and more
journals.sagepub.com/toc/CON/curr...
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GenAI is a fascist product. Sorry you don’t have the moral fortitude to do your own thinking, but fascists love that
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
GenAI is a fascist product. Sorry you don’t have the moral fortitude to do your own thinking, but fascists love that
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Job going at my university in my lovely department (lovely because of amazing colleagues who are truly supportive of each other). Lecturer in Film, media and broadcast production. jobs.edgehill.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at Edge Hill University: Lecturer in Film, Media and Broadcast Production
We’re here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone.About the RoleAs Lecturer in Film, Media and Broadcast Production this is an exciting opportunity to join the department...
jobs.edgehill.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Job going at my university in my lovely department (lovely because of amazing colleagues who are truly supportive of each other). Lecturer in Film, media and broadcast production. jobs.edgehill.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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This new article brings the current dynamics of the ‘creator economy’ (hosted distribution) into conversation with decades of explaining how creative autonomy is constrained in commercial mediamaking. This lets us explore how the ‘creator’ sector encompasses journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
On hosted media, simple-professional cultural production, and micro media logics in anglophone video - Amanda D. Lotz, 2025
The media sector has expanded in the 21st century to encompass a ‘hosted model’ of circulation and ‘simple-professional’ dynamic of cultural production that coe...
journals.sagepub.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This new article brings the current dynamics of the ‘creator economy’ (hosted distribution) into conversation with decades of explaining how creative autonomy is constrained in commercial mediamaking. This lets us explore how the ‘creator’ sector encompasses journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter
September 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter
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Everytime I read a thread critiquing the commercial LLMs that are being imbedded into *everything*, several people will jump in to say “Ahem, ChatGPT helps me write emails.” as if that’s not a totally embarrassing thing to admit.
April 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Everytime I read a thread critiquing the commercial LLMs that are being imbedded into *everything*, several people will jump in to say “Ahem, ChatGPT helps me write emails.” as if that’s not a totally embarrassing thing to admit.
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Hooray, U Amsterdam ranked as #1 in the world, again, in media and communication. Celebration time 🍾..., right?
No 🟥
Dutch universities are faced with de-internationalisation and de-funding. The frustration is palpable!
#DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social 🟥
www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
No 🟥
Dutch universities are faced with de-internationalisation and de-funding. The frustration is palpable!
#DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social 🟥
www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
QS World University Rankings for Communication & Media Studies 2025
Discover the world's top universities for Communication & Media Studies 2025. Explore the QS World University Rankings by Subject in various disciplines.
www.topuniversities.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Hooray, U Amsterdam ranked as #1 in the world, again, in media and communication. Celebration time 🍾..., right?
No 🟥
Dutch universities are faced with de-internationalisation and de-funding. The frustration is palpable!
#DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social 🟥
www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
No 🟥
Dutch universities are faced with de-internationalisation and de-funding. The frustration is palpable!
#DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social 🟥
www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
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Lots to ponder in this reflection from @christophersmith.bsky.social. Strong agree from me on this point about the need for Phd focussed on creative industries. IME (5 yrs site director for an AHRC DTP and 8 yrs as a DGS of a small creative-industries Unit in a bigger Faculty of Arts)...
January 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Lots to ponder in this reflection from @christophersmith.bsky.social. Strong agree from me on this point about the need for Phd focussed on creative industries. IME (5 yrs site director for an AHRC DTP and 8 yrs as a DGS of a small creative-industries Unit in a bigger Faculty of Arts)...
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Geert Wilders: “The biggest threat to the survival of our civilization is the current pandemic of the woke mind virus.” No wonder the unprecedented budget cuts in Dutch academia, supported by other Dutch political parties that apparently do not recognize the ideological attack on academic freedom.
Wilders schreef een soort Kerstboodschap voor de radicaalrechtse website Breitbart. Geeft wel context aan de onderwijsbezuinigingen. De beste man wil blijkbaar de pandemie van ‘het woke mind virus’ bestrijden door de instituties af te breken en opnieuw te vormen.
December 25, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Geert Wilders: “The biggest threat to the survival of our civilization is the current pandemic of the woke mind virus.” No wonder the unprecedented budget cuts in Dutch academia, supported by other Dutch political parties that apparently do not recognize the ideological attack on academic freedom.
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THREAD
This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
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This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
1/31
December 19, 2024 at 9:10 PM
THREAD
This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
1/31
This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
1/31
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NECS 2025 Conference will be in Lisbon, 18-21 June. And the call for papers is out, at necs.org! Deadline for submitting papers, panels and workshops, as usual, on 31 January. Join us, and spread the word… necs.org/conference
December 8, 2024 at 12:20 PM
NECS 2025 Conference will be in Lisbon, 18-21 June. And the call for papers is out, at necs.org! Deadline for submitting papers, panels and workshops, as usual, on 31 January. Join us, and spread the word… necs.org/conference
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If your intelligence is artificial, you *should* have imposter syndrome.
December 13, 2024 at 6:55 PM
If your intelligence is artificial, you *should* have imposter syndrome.
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Wrote about what’s behind conservatives watching movies and shows warning about the dangers of fascism and somehow coming away thinking the fascists are the good guys, and they should follow their example www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Republicans Are Confused About the Concept of Bad Guys
Some conservatives are embracing the villains in what are supposed to be cautionary tales.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Wrote about what’s behind conservatives watching movies and shows warning about the dangers of fascism and somehow coming away thinking the fascists are the good guys, and they should follow their example www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Americans vastly overestimate the size of different minority groups! For example, Americans estimated 21% of the country is transgender, but the true proportion is just 1%.
November 25, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Americans vastly overestimate the size of different minority groups! For example, Americans estimated 21% of the country is transgender, but the true proportion is just 1%.
very interesting piece re FX's place within Disney
How ‘Shogun’ Helped FX Find Its Footing as a Streaming Empire
The Japanese-language 'Shogun' may have seemed like a risky bet for FX, but the Emmy-winning series has brought Disney into the global streaming age.
variety.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:29 PM
very interesting piece re FX's place within Disney
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'Zou het zin hebben om leerlingen massaal naar Auschwitz te sturen? Je kunt ook over de concentratiekampen lezen, maar de ervaring is vele malen sterker.'
jonet.nl/het-kan-niet...
jonet.nl/het-kan-niet...
Het kan niet druk genoeg zijn in Auschwitz - reportage - Jonet.nl
Het kan niet druk genoeg zijn in Auschwitz - reportage - Lees dit artikel op Jonet.nl
jonet.nl
November 26, 2024 at 4:44 PM
'Zou het zin hebben om leerlingen massaal naar Auschwitz te sturen? Je kunt ook over de concentratiekampen lezen, maar de ervaring is vele malen sterker.'
jonet.nl/het-kan-niet...
jonet.nl/het-kan-niet...